When Wiley Florence was born on 12 July 1888, in Texas, United States, his father, Robert Florence, was 36 and his mother, Josephine Collins, was 33. He married Amanda Leah Hulen on 7 February 1911, in McClain, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and McClain, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 20 June 1932, in Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
English: from the personal name Florence, used by both sexes (from Latin masculine Florentius and feminine Florentia, from florens ‘blooming, flowering’ and ultimately from flos, genitive floris ‘flower’). Both Latin names were borne by several early Christian martyrs.
English: habitational name from Florence in Italy, originally named in Latin as Florentia.
French: from the female personal name Florence (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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